Disclaimer: Unless I have an extremely horrible memory, or am extremely lucky, I don't own Harry Potter…but I do own Skylar Grey!

Wandering

Hermione woke up the next morning and quickly got up. She looked over to where Skylar was sleeping and saw her twisted up in her blankets. Hermione moved towards the bed and as she came closer, she could see a look of pain and distress on Skylar's face.

Hermione's features contorted into an expression of worry and sorrow as she gazed at the girl. She reached out and gently shook her shoulder with a soft whisper, "Skylar."

Skylar's eyes slowly opened, revealing the redness of her eyes, making her deep blue eyes stand out slightly, from the contrast. Seeing Hermione, Skylar rubbed her eyes and stretched. "Hmm?"

"Breakfast," she replied simply, smiling down at her.

Skylar closed her eyes for a moment and Hermione thought she was ignoring her to go back to sleep, but she suddenly sat upright, causing Hermione to take a step back.

"Right. Thanks for waking me," Skylar smiled to Hermione before running her hand through her hair and looking around, the other girls were still asleep, one or two starting to rouse.

"Well, I didn't want to go to breakfast alone," Hermione said, smiling still. "I have most every morning and just sit there and wait for Harry and Ron but now I was hoping you would come with me."

Skylar grinned stood up. "That'd be great." With that she set off to get ready for the day, as did Hermione.

Soon they made their way downstairs and then to the Great Hall. When they entered, Skylar glanced about and noticed that there were hardly any students. She looked to Hermione quizzically. Hermione took a moment to realize what Skylar was confused about and then smiled slightly, almost apologetically.

"I wake up real early. Sorry. If you don't want to get up so early, I won't wake you."

Skylar laughed softly. "No, its fine, just surprised. I like getting up early; it's not so…busy."

"Precisely!" Hermione agreed and continued towards the Gryffindor table.

They sat down and started eating silently, Skylar glancing about curiously.

"Did you have a nightmare last night?" Hermione broke the silence.

Skylar quickly looked to her with a look of surprised worry, before she asked "Why? Was I making any noise?"

Hermione shook her head and looked to her. "No. I just noticed that it looked like you had a restless night when I woke you."

"Oh." Relief seemed to fall over Skylar as she turned back to her food. "Uh no. I didn't have a nightmare. Well…at least I don't know if I had a nightmare." At the confused looked Hermione gave her, she continued. "I can't remember any dreams I have. Sometimes I just feel a lingering feeling of a dream." She shrugged and said quietly, "I wish I could remember them though."

Just then Harry and Ron sat down across from them, both smiling as they greeted the girls. Skylar simply smiled and looked back to her plate of food as they started piling food on their plates.

Skylar finished eating and started staring off. Her gaze slowly made its way about the Great Hall, lingering on students and peculiar objects. Soon her gaze landed on Harry. She studied his features, eyes sweeping over his visage, until she saw his scar. Her brow furrowed in thought as she peered at it. Suddenly something clicked. 'Hi, I'm Harry.' 'I never knew my parents.' This was Harry Potter. She mentally kicked herself for being so slow.

She then noticed Harry looking at her, confused. "Err…What?" he asked.

"Oh! Uh nothing. Sorry." When he didn't look away from her, she tried to explain herself. "It's just that I didn't realize that you were Harry Potter. I didn't connect. It just now clicked."

A somewhat amused looked come to Harry's face. "It's alright. It's kind of refreshing."

"Yeah. I would think it would become quite tiresome," Skylar mumbled as she looked around once again.

Her eyes then came to Hermione and she saw that she was watching Harry. Skylar looked between the two and saw Harry eating. Looking back to Hermione, Skylar held a small smile.

"Well," Skylar started, still smiling softly. "I think I'm going to go wander around a bit."

Hermione tore her eyes away from Harry to look at Skylar. "I could show you around if you like."

"No, that's fine. I'll just explore. Besides, I would think you'd like to spend time with Harry and Ron." She kept her eyes on Harry for a moment then looked back to Hermione with a smile that said she knew something. Hermione almost looked frightened as she saw Skylar's actions. At this, Skylar just laughed softly and left.

Skylar had been walking about the castle, peering into classrooms and studying the paintings covering the walls most of the day. She steered clear of students, not wanting to have to interact with anyone at the moment.

Suddenly a blonde haired boy stepped in front of her with two larger boys close behind him. She saw the undeniably handsome, soft features that lie beneath the sneer on his face but knew he was a type to cover any kindness. She knew he had said something to aggravate her in some way, but she didn't hear whatever it was; she wasn't listening to him.

Sighing of slight boredom, she turned and walked out into the courtyard.

"Where are you going?" There was a hidden tone of surprise in his voice as he followed her.

Skylar turned with a feign expression of shock on her face, as she said, sweetly, "Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't know you cared."

He looked taken aback, but quickly hissed in reply, "I don't care for anybody, let alone Gryffindor filth."

She merely laughed softly and turned, once more, to leave.

"Don't walk away from me!" He grabbed her arm and she stopped. When she spun around, rage filled her eyes.

"Let. Go." It came out as a low menacing growl deep within her throat.

The stunned expression on the boy's face morphed into a smirk. "Why?"

She yanked her arm free from his grip and quickly caught his wrist, twisting it at a painful angle making him wince and bend backwards.

"I don't like to be touched," she growled before she shoved his arm away from her, causing him to stumble back.

She spun about and walked away, feeling many eyes on her. Soon she saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron run up to her, anger and concern on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Hermione asked.

"I'm fine," Skylar said and kept walking.

"Bloody Malfoy," Ron muttered. "Don't pay any attention to him, he's a git."

Skylar laughed and looked to him as they reentered the castle. "Nah. That just spurs him on."

His face screwed up in confusion, only making Skylar laugh again. "Never mind."

"What did he do? We only saw you pushing him away from you," Harry said, looking back at a retreating Draco.

"Well I didn't hear what he said but when he grabbed my arm is when I turned on him. I think now he knows that I don't like to be touched," She answered with a laugh.

The others laughed with her as they walked on.

A/N: Not all too happy with the chapter but it will do. I was going to make it longer but decided to stop for now.

Alright I need your suggestions on pairings. Harry and Hermione will get together but I'd like to know what other pairings you might like to see. I need someone for Skylar especially, I was thinking either Draco or another OC but I'll consider your opinions. Message me or tell me in a review. Thanks!